Thread: vsa light control

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hm... it looks like the Lynx stuff may be worth investigating, however these guys look married to Vixen, and what I've seen of vixen hasn't impressed me. I could definitely bridge the gap between VSA and Lynx though.

Hey thanks everyone. I just got a second to sit down and skim this stuff. Off to DJ at a friends party. Will read more in depth tonight when I get home. Thanks for the great responses.

hi there, did you ever jump into the DMX universe? .... (LOL, thats a DMX joke). i bought one of the Enntec open USB controllers quite a few years ago and I use it with Freestyler software to control the few mobile DJ shows I do. i am just now jumping into the VSA to Enntec world.

Can VSA control the kit47 board? if so can anyone give a quick run down of how you do this? DMX seems like something to tackle next year for me. I just want to have three lights shine on my three skulls and have the lights turn on and off when each one are taking. Is the kit74 the cheapest (40 bucks), simpliest way to do this?

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its probably best for now that you trust us that A) is can and B) its easy, get teh stuff together and someone here will help you work out what you cant.

thanks phoenix. I was debating the lynxmotion's battlestar relays to do this but if the kit 74 will do the same for cheaper than I'll order up kit74 and ask for help on this thread when it gets here

I am just wondering - if someone offered the ability to control (dim) lights using VSA without using DMX would people be interested? I think that for flood lights and other heavy duty lighting DMX is the best solution but what about something that allowed you to dim and standard LED or the Lumiled LEDs?

Originally Posted by darryl

WOW!! All over my head here. But I was just on another forum reading about DMX control as I have got some new lights for my mobile DJ business that are capable of DMX control. Even more confused now that I read that. But then again I was confused when I started using the VSA program also.
I do have a Light-O-Rama set up I bought last year for this years Halloween, so I just need to control the one or two lights(haven't decided) on my talking skeleton . Kit 74 sounds easier, but I definitely would want some dimming. I plan on him just being in the scene and then fading up the lights on him right before he talks and then maybe some various fading while he's talking and then a fade out. Sounds like DMX it is, plus it's a tax deduction for the DJ business. Thanks all and any suggestions as to a brand and any sites for explanation you have booked marked? Other wise a quick Goggle will probably do me good.

Just found this thread during a search and I thought I'd mention that most LOR controllers can be used as dimmer packs in a DMX universe. You just need to upgrade to the latest firmware. Pretty cheap for a 16 channel dimmer pack. But it has to be used on either a LOR network or DMX - not both at the same time. Here is the documentation - http://www.lightorama.com/Documents/DMX-DOC.pdf

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